Recruitment Coordinator

Nova Education Trust, Nottingham, NG7 2TU

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours a week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598 to £31,022

What skills and experience we're looking for

At Nova Education Trust, we believe every individual should experience a true sense of belonging within our family from their very first click. As our new Recruitment Coordinator, you will join our Central People Team as a warm, professional first point of contact for applicants and new starters across our cross-phase family of 17 academies. In this fast-paced role, your administrative precision will directly support our school leaders and shape the team that inspires our pupils.

The successful candidate will:

• Assist hiring managers with vacancy postings, adverts, and smooth interview setups. Coordinate references, DBS, and pre-employment checks strictly in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidelines.
• Maintain live HR/Payroll databases (iTrent) to ensure total trust-wide monthly payroll accuracy.
• provide high-quality admin support during formal processes, including accurate minute-taking.

Ready to make a difference? Apply via our careers portal: 👉 www.novaeducationtrust.net/careers

The Trust and school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with DfE requirements.

What the school offers its staff

All our staff have access to ‘Nova Perks’, an employee benefits system bring a range of fantastic benefits including:

• Bike scheme

• Technology scheme

• Motorsave

• Lifestyle benefits

• Instant discounts

• Savings club

• Peer-to-peer

• Liftshare

• Car salary sacrifice

• Health cash plan

• Gym scheme

• Workplace ISAs

• Financial planning

• Healthy living resource module

• Financial education resource module

In our commitment to continue to support employees to achieve a healthy work-life balance, Nova Education

Trust offers employees the opportunity to take up to a maximum of one paid ‘Nova Perk Day’ per academic year,

in addition to the existing standard leave provisions in place. This can be taken for any chosen reason and does not

need to have a defined purpose

Staff are entitled to a generous sick pay entitlement depending on their continuous service.

All staff are auto-enrolled into the relevant pension scheme. LGPS for support staff and Teachers Pension for

teaching staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Nova Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Recruitment Coordinator Job Pack_June2026.pdf - 1.64 MB (opens in new tab)

About Nova Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Nova Education Trust website
• Email address: msantos-neto@novaeducationtrust.net
• Phone number: 0115 807 7777
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nova-education-trust

Our vision
To create transformational schools that belong to their communities and where all pupils and staff achieve more than they thought possible.

What do we do?
Create compelling school cultures where all are motivated to achieve.

Establish aspirational, purposeful, celebratory and inclusive learning cultures.

We are committed to excellence in Nova Education Trust – we are highly optimistic about our future.

How do we behave?
We work with honesty, integrity, humility and professionalism.

We trust and are loyal to each other – we demonstrate a selfless commitment in all that we do.

We innovate – we also remain open to learning from others.

We all learn together – in our vibrant, creative, diverse and inclusive family of schools.

We are highly ambitious – staff and students believe through hard work, all can succeed and grow.

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